Degrees of comparison

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welcome!

Road map

• Reading
• Novel test
• Theme 4  Degrees of comparison
• Black Story

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

recognise 

understand

apply 

the English degrees of comparison

What did you find easy/difficult when reading the text and answering the question(s)?

Reading/CSE

Open questions should be answered in Dutch!

(English answers are wrong, unless it is explicitely specified that you have to answer in English).

Novel test

Across the Barricades  - Joan Lingard  (Derry Girls Netflix)

Dante and Aristotle - Benjamin Sáenz

Being there - Jerzy Kozinski

Check out the descriptions, let me know which novel you choose before 15 March 2021!

Comparisons - vergelijkingen

Used to compare persons, animals, or things with another

to compare with = used to compare persons/ animals, things of a similar order, like these cars.

to compare to = used to compare things/persons/ animals of a different order ('Shall I compare thee to a summer's day').

Spot

Brownie

Degrees of comparison

De trappen van vergelijking:

1. Brownie is a small dog: small  = bijvoeglijk naamwoord.

2. Brownie is smaller than Spot.

3. Brownie is the smallest dog.

Zin 2 is de vergrotende trap. Daar heb je  'than' bij nodig.
Zin 3 is de overtreffende trap. Daar heb je 'the' bij nodig.

Comparisons

It's a cold day today.

It is definitely colder than it was yesterday.

The Met office said it is quite possibly the coldest day of the year.

1 lettergreep

- Vergrotende trap: woord +  -er

- Overtreffende trap: woord + -est

old

older

oldest

Comparisons - regular conjugation

• cold - colder - coldest
• - E: large -  larger - largest
• - Y: hairy - hairier - hairiest
• - Doubling of consonants fat - fatter -fattest
•  -Two or more syllables: use 'more' and 'most'

          She is more beautiful in winter than in summer

          She is the most beautiful girl in the world.

1 lettergreep: LET OP SPELLING

Bijvoeglijk naamwoorden die eindigen op een klinker + medeklinker > medeklinker verdubbelt.

hot > hotter > hottest

2 lettergrepen:                     more / most

                                                  

boring - more boring - most boring

cheerful - more cheerful - most cheerful

famous - more famous - most famous

Onregelmatige vormen

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

few - fewer - fewest

little -  less - least

many - more - most

much - more - most

LET OP:

• the last = de laatste
• the latest = de nieuwste
• older /elder

Elder alleen bij vergelijking gezinsleden:

He is my elder brother.

He is the eldest of two brothers.

But: Josh is older than Mike.

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I think sometimes covers sound .... .... the original song (good)

1. goder than
2. better then
3. better than
4. beter than

'The Wolf of Wall Street' is one of my ....... movies ever! (meest favoriete).

1. favouritest
2. more favourite
3. favouriter
4. most favourite

Last summer was the ..... in centuries (heetste)

1. hotest
2. hottest
3. most hot
4. most hotest

It's too noisy in here, can we go somewhere ...(stiller).

You'll find the way around town much … (makkelijk) if you have a good map.

My bags seemed to get … (zwaarder) as I carried them.

My … (oudste) sister is called Jane.

The city centre was … (minder) crowded than I had expected.

We stayed at the … (goedkoopste) hotel in town.

How's your headache? Any better? No.... it's much (slechter)

Black Story - A light in the darkness

A man dies after striking a match. He doesn't even have to be buried. What happened?

A convict had bribed an undertaker to help him escape from prison. At the next prison funeral service the convict planned to hide in the coffin with the corpse, and the undertaker would dig open the grave the same day and free him. 

When the convict lit a match inside the coffin, he saw that the corpse next to him was that of the undertaker....

Homework

Do Exam Preparation CSE 3. 'Winds of Change' either through Noordhoff Online or in your book. Send me a picture of your work through Magister or email if you do the assignments in your book. 

Make sure you have finished CSE 2 as well!